 In 2007, months after he was cast adrift in the Florida Straits, Glenn Gonzalez was returned to his native of Cuba. In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans had the right to own a gun or for self-defense anywhere they lived. In 2012, the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature piece of legislation, narrowly survived a 5-4 in an election year battle at the U.S. Supreme Court with the improbable help of Chief Justice John Roberts.